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Quality and Methodology Information report for annual mid-year population estimates for the very old, detailing the strengths and limitations of the data, methods used, and data uses and users.
A guide to the data sources, method and analyses used in the related living longer article, including a discussion on limitations of the data.
Comparison of methods used to produce population estimates for people aged 90 years and over by the Office for National Statistics, the National Records of Scotland and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
Assesses the quality of the component input data for official mid-year population estimates for ages 80 and over (deaths registrations; census estimates; and migration estimates). The method used to distribute the official age 90 and over mid-year estimate to single years of age above age 90 (the Kannisto-Thatcher method) is also assessed.
This report examines the feasibility of producing population estimates of the very old (EVOs) for England and Wales separately using the Kannisto-Thatcher method.
